Category Archives: Canada

Activist seeks injunction against use of 'Cleveland Indians' name and logo
TORONTO - A prominent indigenous activist and architect is seeking a court ruling that would prevent the Cleveland Indians from wearing their regular jerseys, using their team name and displaying thei...
Oct 16, 2016

Police say 17-year-old boy dies after shooting in northwestern Toronto
TORONTO - The stepmother of a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot early Sunday in Toronto says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trisha Samuels says her stepson Jarryl Hagley was eating pi...
Oct 16, 2016
Federal union targets Trudeau in campaign as contract talks drag on
OTTAWA - The largest union representing federal workers is ramping up its campaign against the Liberal government, turning the prime minister’s words against him. The print and radio advertiseme...
Oct 16, 2016

'I'm ready to come home,' Canadian on death row hangs hopes on Liberal government
DEER LODGE, Mont. - A Canadian on death row in Montana has been living on borrowed time since admitting he murdered two young men more than three decades ago, but he says he has renewed hope he might ...
Oct 16, 2016
School board scrutiny mounts as funding pressures sometimes take toll: experts
VANCOUVER - Accusations of harassment in the workplace. Refusals to pass a balanced budget. The firing of entire boards. School boards across the country have attracted attention over internal discord...
Oct 16, 2016
"It serves its purpose," Montana warden on rusting execution trailer
DEER LODGE, Mont. - Inside a rusted beige trailer with a broken outside window that serves as the execution chamber at Montana State Prison, the clock on the wall always reads 12:01. Three prisoners h...
Oct 16, 2016
Canada, EU keep pressure on Walloons to abandon opposition to trade deal
OTTAWA - Canadian and European politicians are continuing to lobby a Belgian region this weekend to abandon its opposition to a coveted free trade deal before a key meeting on Tuesday. They have warne...
Oct 15, 2016

Retired RCMP officer identified as pilot in crash that killed former premier
KELOWNA, B.C. - A retired RCMP officer and aviation enthusiast described as a “professional’s professional” was identified as the pilot in a plane crash that killed former Alberta pr...
Oct 15, 2016
BC Hydro prepares for more power outages with third storm hitting south coast
VANCOUVER - The third and strongest storm in a series of disturbances fuelled by the remnants of typhoon Songda cancelled ferry service and knocked out power for thousands of customers on the south co...
Oct 15, 2016
Ex-Alberta premier Dave Hancock says Jim Prentice stepped up when PCs were down
EDMONTON - Former Alberta premier Dave Hancock says he remembers the Jim Prentice who didn’t shrink from a challenge when the Progressive Conservatives saw their government plunged into crisis o...
Oct 15, 2016